Switching at the Fruitvale Cannery in West Oakland Yard
- Title:
- Switching at the Fruitvale Cannery in West Oakland Yard
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Southern Pacific Railroad: Western Division, West Oakland Yards
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE)
- Photographer:
- Vawter, Howard M.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 37.801515,-122.299736
- Latitude:
- 37.801515
- Longitude:
- -122.299736
- Site:
- Oakland Yard
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
Oakland Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb54f105b
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- SP
- Internal Number:
- #8 R-8(b) Ex.8b 237
- Exhibit Number:
- R-8A
- File Name:
- 5003pb54f105b.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Fruitvale Cannery
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Railroad tracks
Railroad crossings
Railroads--Signaling
Railroad yards - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Shows the switching operation at the Fruitvale Cannery. One man cannot be watching signals from switch crew and traffic on street crossing at the same time.
- Cite As:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs #5003 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
- Box:
- 54
- Folder:
- 105b
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [https://www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.